Melancholy Movies

Originally presented as an installation, this raw, haunting short by Basma al-Sharif depicts a horse ride at dusk on a farm in Gaza through...

Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly...

Set in 1948, a year after independence, Gajar Ka Halwa is a deeply personal tale of love, loss, and the invisible scars of Partition. In the...

Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who wakes up one morning to find himself turned into a giant insect. As he struggles to adapt to his new body, his...

Strangers revolve around a solitary photographer who captures portraits of unknown individuals by confining himself inside a photo booth. However,...

Anna is thinking of quitting sex work. She hears screaming from out the window.

A couple, Vlad and Sophy, navigate their relationship as well as their own struggles with mental health in the context of a highly connected,...

A record in 35mm film of the first drenching rain on Los Angeles after the devastation of the wildfires.

Dangling from a high window, a young non-binary person is on the cusp of life and death. Flashes of film, literature, art (paintings) and cultural...

Imran Khalil made it: he finally got his big break as an actor. However, after an incident at a press event goes viral and gets him fired, he is...

A movie including footages of nature talking about the journey of life

A mentally unstable teen transforms himself into a clown to deal with and mask his own disturbing, nihilistic worldview and deteriorating mental...

A Presence is.

A young woman, unable to move on from a failed relationship, spirals into depression, drugs, and alcohol. Haunted by memories of the man she once...

Comfortable in the routine of his 9-5 job, a postcard triggers office worker Ben to confront a memory from his youth. This leads him on a path of...

An orphaned teenager is visiting his parents’ grave - once a place of solace, now a reminder of his growing emptiness.

After losing her grandfather when she was less than a year old, a now very conflicted teen must learn how to navigate her grief even though she...

Robert's entire life revolves around his passion: his job as a burglar. When a film crew wants to make a documentary about his daily life, he accepts...

A software professional ditches a day at work to discover poetry and finds stories in strangers walking at Connaught Place